Back for brushes or similar toilet articles.



No. 723,611. PATENTED MAR. 24, 1903.

- G. F. KOLB. BACK FOR BRUSHES 0R SIMILAR TOILET ARTICLES.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 19, 1902,

no MODEL.

UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

GUSTAVE F. KOLB, OF MOUNT VERNON, NEW YORK.

BACK FORIBRUSHES 0R SlMILAR TOILET ARTICLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 723,611, dated March24, 1903.

Application filed March 19, 1902. 7 Serial No. 98.935. (No model.)

To all whmn it may concern:

Be it known that I, GUSTAVE F. KOLB, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Mount Vernon, lVestchester county, State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in -Backs for Brushes orSimilar Toilet Articles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a back for brushes, mirrors, and similartoilet articles; and the object is to provide a back that may havedifierent patterns upon sets of goods possessing the same generaldesign, so that different pictures from one and the same artist may bereproduced upon sets of goods which are otherwise similar. To accomplishthis, Iprovide a frame which may have a general design for differentsets and a panel which may be ornamented in any way and fitted into theopening in the frame, so that different sets of similar frames ordifierent pieces of a single set maybe differently ornamented.

My invention consists in the manner of securing these panels to theframe,and embodies a novel construction and aggroupment of parts, all aswill be more fully described in the following description and pointedout in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a face view of the frame withthe panel omitted; Fig. 2, a side view of the brush complete; Fig. 3, aface view of the panel detached; Fig. 4, a section on line 4 4, Fig. 1,with the panel omitted; Fig. 5, a similar section with the panel inplace, and Fig. 6 a detail of the joint between frame andipanel.

The back is composed, essentially, of two parts-21. frame and a panel.Figs. 1 and 4:, is made of annular form and, runs out into the handle a.The annular portion of the frame a,-inclosing the opening a is providedalong its inner edge with a downwardly-projecting flange a such flangeextending at right angles to the general plane of the back.

The panel I) is of a size and contour to fit against the-flange a offrame 0.. Along its edge it is provided with a shoulder b, that fitsagainst the flange a and with a laterally-extending flange biextendingat right The frame a,

angles to flange 0L VlZ., parallel to the general plane of the back.When the panel is fitted to its seat, the flange b will extend beyondflange a and underneath the frame a, Fig. 6, so that a groove or channelis formed between the flanges a 12 The flange b is shorter than thewidth of the frame a, Fig. 5, so that an opening is formed between theouter edge of the flange b and the inner side of the frame a. In thisway the groove over the flange b is open laterally and may be filled inwith solder c, which is introduced around the edge of the flange. Thegroove when thus filled securely connects the panel I) to the back a,the solder flowing also between the flange a and the shoulder b to forma tight joint.

The frames aare struck up in suitable dies, while the panels b may beembossed, enameled, etched, engraved, or ornamented in other suitablemanner. 1

By my invention 1. may provide the frames at with any one of a number ofpanels I), so

that difierent sets of similar frames or the different pieces of asingle set may be difierently ornamented. Thus I am enabled to obtain alarge assortment in an expensive line of goods without increasing to anappreciable extent the cost of such goods.

The head of the'brush d when fitted into the frame a and secured to theouter edge thereof covers the soldered joint between frame and panel andconceals the connection entirely from View.

What I claim is A back for a toilet-brush composed of a frame having aninner flanged edge, a panel having a marginal flange engaging andprojecting beyond the flange on the frame to form a laterally-openinggroove accessible from the back side of the frame, and cementingmaterialrfilledin said groove to secure GUSTAYE F. KOLB.

Witnesses: WILLIAM ScHULz, F. v. BRIESEN.

